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Coast Guard awards medals for videotaped rescue during flood (Drunk woman in Miata)

Posted on 8/4/17 at 1:48 pm
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26736 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 1:48 pm
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"It was all adrenaline and reaction. Seconds seemed like minutes," Phung recalled Friday after the Coast Guard presented him with the Silver Lifesaving Medal, making him the 2,160th person to receive the honor since Congress created it in 1874.


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The Coast Guard also awarded medals to three other people who were on Phung's boat when the 28-year-old jumped into the floodwaters and ripped open the top of a convertible to rescue Hailey Brouillette before the car sank into floodwaters. Phung also saved the woman's poodle mix, Sassy, from drowning.


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Dude deserves a medal for putting his life in danger to save that drunk...
This post was edited on 8/4/17 at 2:02 pm
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
85146 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 1:52 pm to
That the guy that ripped through the convertible to get the woman out? That was an incredible video.
This post was edited on 8/4/17 at 1:52 pm
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134905 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 1:52 pm to



The lack of emotion from that woman has always boggled my mind.
Posted by tke857
Member since Jan 2012
12195 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 1:54 pm to
was happier that he saved that dog instead of that druggie
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
20942 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 1:56 pm to
Thats pretty amazing
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
20480 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 1:57 pm to
I remember this dude. He is one of the GOAT.
This post was edited on 8/4/17 at 1:58 pm
Posted by JetFuelTyga
Born in desert,raised in lion's den
Member since Feb 2016
1786 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 2:01 pm to
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Dixon said the experience has been surreal. "It took a long time for it to sink it," he added.


Pun intended?
This post was edited on 8/4/17 at 2:02 pm
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30633 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 2:02 pm to
That baw deserves as much recognition as they can get him
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
45230 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 2:08 pm to
How do you know this lady was drunk?
Posted by LakeViewLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2009
17730 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 2:09 pm to
If that was a scene in a movie, and he went back and saved the dog, I would have thought it was lame, corny, and unrealistic.


This post was edited on 8/4/17 at 2:10 pm
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101930 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 2:10 pm to
Should have pulled the dog out and left her in.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32123 posts
Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:25 pm to
There were reports of her driving very badly leading up to the rescue, right?
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